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    Looking for Tips for Easy First Character

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    I don't mean to get on anyone's case, but for the new folks asking questions, please keep the abbreviations to a minimum.  For people not up on the jargon, it can get confusing (Is SS meaning Super Speed?  Super Strength? Stainless Steel?).  While I've been here a while, and know that FF means Forced Flatulence, others may not.

     

    We don't want to scare them off TOO early...

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    No Mind calls it.

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    Posted · Edited by Rishidian
    I needed to push the knife in a little further.

    20 hours ago, RikOz said:

    Every time I've done that mission, No Mind (and his assailants) are encountered at a chokepoint, making it impossible to go around him without aggroing things. Are you saying I can simply not interact with him after defeating the mobs standing over him?

     

    In any case, I've somehow kept him alive the last 2-3 times I've run that mission.

    You can work around him - keep your distance around him and clear out all the MOBs. Then interact with him to get the Glowies to activate.  He'll follow you around like a puppy.

     

    Or let him die.  It's his own fault he's in over his head, after all.

    Where did you go post-Sunset?

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    I tried Champions, but couldn't get into it. Too close and too different.

    MWO was too complex for me (not that coordinated to be able to rotate in 1 direction and move in another). 

    Tried D&DO - It was OK to start, but I found you had to do the same mission 3 times on 3 different settings, which means 9 times, for some reason I can't remember.  It didn't scratch my role playing itch. 

    I have an account with SW:TOR that I keep alive in case I get CoX burnout.  It's different enough to require a little relearning, and it satisfies my Star Wars cravings.

     

    I also have been known to play Fallout 4 when I feel someone needs killing.

     

    These are all from the dark times without CoX.

    I miss the old community

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    The amazing @Luminara posted this in another thread (I don't know how to quote from there) so I just checked this out and thought it may be something that helps.

     

    Increasing the mouse scroll speed in Options doesn't increase the speed at which the camera zooms out.  Could've turned that on two decades ago and saved myself a shit-ton of scrolling.

     

    /suppressclosefx 1

    /suppressclosefxdist 17

     

    Here is the information from https://cityofheroes.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Slash_Commands

     

    /suppressCloseFx Hide all personal FX when the camera is closer than the suppressCloseFxDist
    /suppressCloseFxDist number Within this camera distance, personal FX will be suppressed.

     

    I haven't tried this, but it looks like it may help.

    I miss the old community

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    Starhammer - I feel for ya. 

    I think the answer must originate on your end.  It's too much to ask anyone to change their game play experience for another person.

    I don't know if you can change your graphics card settings to lowed settings that may cut the amount of effects it processes, but it might be worth looking into.

    I wish there were a setting in the game where the Opacity of Effects could be lowered so that instead of filling the screen with  multiple layers of opaque, flashing effects, they could be dropped to 10%, or even 0% opacity, so they are not so obnoxious.  This would affect your experience only - leaving everyone else unaffected. 

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    Why do we have debt????

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    Debt does slow you down.  When you are face planed (enough times to where debt starts accruing, part of you gained influence is applied to your debt, and therefore, you are not gaining as fast as if you had no debt.

     

    It is from the live days, before the double XP bonus you gain from your character being offline.  

    Silly names you would never use

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    On 7/15/2023 at 8:25 PM, Techwright said:
    On 7/15/2023 at 7:15 PM, cranebump said:

    Oopsie Man, the accidental hero.

    Let me guess:  his real first name is Tripp, and his last name is something like Overstone, Overhill, Overturf, Overshot, Overmass, Overall, or even Overcat (all of which I've confirmed are real surnames

    Overself?

    Though I could not verify it is an actual Sirname

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    What happened to old characters?

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    Posted · Edited by Rishidian
    Addendum

    20 hours ago, Cimarron said:

    the "other" company 

    I believe this refers to NCSoft

     

    I read this somewhere...

    For them to provide characters, they would have access to your account, which means your payment information.

    **This is not a good thing

     

    By my understanding, the account info is still in NCSoft keeping or has been deleted.  Homecoming should not have it.

     

    <<I started this before GM Crumpet's entry>>

     

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    Guide to a History of Regeneration: How to play Wolverine or Deadpool

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    Here's another option: Powers being able to be renamed by the player.

     

    Make the powers able to be renamed locally.  This way I can call my moves how I want them.  They are still named the same on the system, but show up as a different name on my screen.

     

    This way, you can have your WillPower Claws Wolverine Clone Thingey that actually works, but rename it to Regeneration.  Everyone else will know the truth, but your self-delusions can be maintained, and you can keep wearing that black and yellow getup you bought last October.

    Name Locks

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    On 5/8/2023 at 1:10 PM, UltraAlt said:

     

    Some may related it to the collective unconscious. 

     

    Does this mean we are all sleeping together?

     

    I feel sorry for y'all who have to sleep with me...

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    Officially Unofficial Weekly Discussion #24: Temporary Powers

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    The Temporary Power I covet is the IR Goggles.  When those Arachnos go invisible, my characters usually have no defense.  I just wish I could buy more time or remember where I got them (and if I could get more).

    I like the idea that they are available through a mission, so they are not initially purchasable.  But I would like to be able to renew them before the time expires.

     

    Something I just thought of:  Temporary powers cannot be enhanced.  What if there was a pool power that would affect them.  Maybe something with 2 or 3 slots that would accept aim, damage, recharge, or something generic.  It shouldn't take jump or flight so it can't be used for the travel powers.  For example, it would affect the Hand Grenade Temp power so it hits more often, or can be thrown further.  But very limited for how much improvement can be added.

    Officially Unofficial Weekly Discussion #23: Zone Events

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    54 minutes ago, SeraphimKensai said:

    That requires a player or team to complete a 14 mission story arc, warp to their base and then zone into Talos to get it to summon there. Then to get 7 of them, would require coordination of 7 individuals or teams completing the arc as the same time and then zoning to the same zone.

     

    The summonable Babbage requires similar efforts.

    I just sacrifice a chicken.

    Correcting Past Mistakes?

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    My thoughts?

     

    How do you know it was a mistake?  Perhaps there was a theme you were trying to adhere to, or maybe that character required a particular play style.  

     

    How do you know today's respec isn't a mistake that would mess up a concept you were working on?

     

    Being that you are pulling this one off of the shelf, and are probably going to reshelf it after a short stint into The City, why bother investing time into it?  Play it as is and learn another gaming style.

     

    If the build is THAT bad, then shelve it or nuke it from space: don't waste that much time, or brain cycles, on it.

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